Core 2 Duo T5600 vs Athlon II P320
Primary details
Comparing Athlon II P320 and Core 2 Duo T5600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in performance ranking | not rated | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Series | AMD Athlon II | Intel Core 2 Duo |
Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Merom (2006−2008) |
Release date | 12 May 2010 (14 years ago) | 28 July 2006 (17 years ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $241 |
Detailed specifications
Athlon II P320 and Core 2 Duo T5600 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
Threads | 2 | 2 |
Boost clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 1.83 GHz |
Bus support | 3200 MHz | 667 MHz |
L1 cache | 256 KB | 64 KB |
L2 cache | 1 MB | 2 MB |
L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
Chip lithography | 45 nm | 65 nm |
Die size | no data | 143 mm2 |
Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
Number of transistors | no data | 291 Million |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon II P320 and Core 2 Duo T5600 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
Number of CPUs in a configuration | no data | 1 |
Socket | S1g4 | PBGA479, PPGA478 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 34 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II P320 and Core 2 Duo T5600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | SSE-3, SSE4A, 3DNow!, MMX, DEP, SVM | no data |
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II P320 and Core 2 Duo T5600 are enumerated here.
VT-x | no data | + |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Athlon II P320 outperforms Core 2 Duo T5600 by 6% in Passmark.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
Benchmark coverage: 41%
Core 2 Duo T5600 outperforms Athlon II P320 by 34% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Benchmark coverage: 41%
Core 2 Duo T5600 outperforms Athlon II P320 by 34% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.
3DMark06 CPU
3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.
Benchmark coverage: 18%
Athlon II P320 outperforms Core 2 Duo T5600 by 7% in 3DMark06 CPU.
wPrime 32
wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.
Benchmark coverage: 18%
Core 2 Duo T5600 outperforms Athlon II P320 by 34% in wPrime 32.
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 12 May 2010 | 28 July 2006 |
Chip lithography | 45 nm | 65 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 34 Watt |
Athlon II P320 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 36% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Athlon II P320 and Core 2 Duo T5600. We've got no test results to judge.
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